This is from reporter Cathy Woodruff: A young man, who police say apparently drove himself to the hospital after he was injured in a street argument, died at Albany Medical Center Hospital of his injuries early this morning. The name of the 23-year-old man has not yet been released, but Albany police spokesman Detective Jimmy […]
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This is from reporter Lauren Stanforth: A city man died early this morning after he was apparently shot outside a bar and then was driven to Ellis Hospital’s McClellan Street Campus by a car that crashed through the facility’s doors. Schenectady police were called around 1:25 a.m. to the area near the Eldorado Bar, 939 […]
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From Brendan Lyons and Robert Gavin: An Albany bar owner surrendered to authorities this morning to face an assault charge for allegedly setting up the beating of a Times Union reporter. Timothy Rankins was arraigned in Albany County Court on a single count of third-degree assault, a misdemeanor. The indictment accuses Rankins, 41, of soliciting […]
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The 20-year-old man stabbed Thursday night on Morris Street in Park South has died. Arthur Bell, of 112 Morris St., was stabbed around 6:30 p.m. during a fight with another man near his home, said Detective James Miller, a police spokesman. Bell, was stabbed in the chest and back with a knife after quarreling with […]
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Jason Spiegel, a self-employed construction contractor from Sherman Avenue in Troy was arrested Thursday afternoon on a sealed indictment charging him with being one of two men who attacked Times Union reporter Steve Barnes and a friend in October 2008. A second suspect implicated in the attack by an Albany County grand jury remained at […]
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After a two-car accident in the town of Kinderhook, police arrested both drivers on drunken driving charges. The accident happened Sunday at the intersection of Kinderhook Avenue and Hawley Road. Police arrested both Robert James, 43, of Valatie and Daniel Behunick, 65, of Kinderhook on charges of driving while intoxicated. James was also ticketed for […]
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State Police say an investigation of a minor car accident led to the arrest of a 73-year-old Nassau man who allegedly had marijuana baked into raisin-oatmeal cookies. Troopers said they found the pot-infused snacks in a large plastic bowl after the driver of the car, Ronald Bixby, was involved in an accident on Route 20 […]
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State Police report: “A highly intoxicated man who was obstructing vehicular traffic near the Lebanon Valley Speedway by crawling in the road on all fours found himself leashed by the State Police. Francis Gauthier, 22, of Pittsfield, MA. was charged by Trooper Matthew Konkle with Disorderly Conduct after he was discovered on Route 20 in […]
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As a reporter, I covered Schenectady – and the violence that seems to plague that city – for more than a decade. I can’t remember an outburst of violence in such a short amount of time quite like what unfold shortly after 2 p.m. today. An 11-year-old boy and a 20-year-old man were shot near […]
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A Brooklyn man was arraigned in Albany County Court today on allegations he sent an e-mail from another person’s account threatening to shoot and kill Gov. David Paterson in April. Amir Syed Rizvi, 36, who identified himself as an employee of Kings County Hospital in Brooklyn, allegedly sent the chilling threat from the Brooklyn Public […]
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